PA seals £30m Canadian deal
PA GROUP has sold its half share in the Canada Newswire press release distribution business to its joint venture partner UBM for £30.1 million, it was announced yesterday.The owner of the Press...
View ArticleDoubts still strong over expansion of forestry
Earlier this summer, the Woodland Expansion Advisory Group (WEAG) published its findings on how conflict between farming and forestry could best be avoided, a work hailed as a breakthrough and duly...
View ArticleLobby group’s anger at calls for more cuts
The powerful European farming union and co-operative lobby Copa/Cogeca has this week rejected moves by the Cypriot presidency to reduce the EU budget because they claim it would bring about a...
View ArticlePPI case study: How reclaiming cash is simple and worth doing
HEARING the adverts on the radio and seeing the plethora of claims firms filling up day-time TV would make you think that reclaiming payment protection insurance is the most complicated thing on Earth...
View ArticleJeff Salway: Think you have a claim? Your easy guide to compensation
Millions have successfully claimed compensation after being mis-sold PPI – and the payouts show no sign of drying up.Massive mis-selling of the product – designed to cover loan or mortgage repayments...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing – Friday 2 November, 2012
WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today.FOOD, DRINK & AGRICULTUREArran and Skye...
View ArticleFaroe’s shares drop 10% after discoveries are abandoned
Shares in Faroe Petroleum dropped nearly 10 per cent in early trading today after the Aberdeen-based driller abandoned plans to develop its Freya and Fulla discoveries to the west of Shetland.Faroe,...
View ArticleSales slowdown: Growth rates take a dive at John Lewis
DEPARTMENT store chain John Lewis today posted a further slowdown in sales growth, despite strong demand for laptops running Microsoft’s newly-launched Windows 8 operating system.Sales in the week to...
View ArticleBank of England structures criticised by report
THE Bank of England’s “centralised and hierachical” governance structure is damaging its effectiveness, according to three independent reports.In further criticism they found its “vulnerable”...
View ArticleShettleston sausage factory to close with the loss of 150 jobs
A GLASGOW sausage factory which employs 150 people is to close despite a battle by politicians and unions to keep it open.• Taskforce or politicians, union and company representatives was set up to try...
View ArticlePhoenix’s flame burns less brightly
Phoenix, the Paisley-based car dealership, has fallen into the red following a “challenging” year in which sales fell 4.3 per cent, but has expressed confidence that market conditions will improve over...
View ArticleUS firms hiring more workers but overall jobless rate continues to rise
Employers in the US stepped up their hiring last month, but the unemployment rate rose as more people joined the jobs market.Figures from the labour department showed the economy added 171,000 non-farm...
View ArticleBusiness briefs: Homeowners in new inflation statistics | European car sales...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is to introduce a new measure of inflation next year that includes costs faced by owner occupiers.The new index, known as CPIH, will use changes in rental...
View ArticleMEPs threaten to delay plans for banking union
European parliament lawmakers said yesterday they could hold up plans for a eurozone banking union after member states ignored the parliament’s demands over gender balance on the Central Bank’s board....
View ArticleDavid Watt: Entrepreneurs and leadership vital for future growth
The past few years have clearly been difficult for the Scottish economy, and despite the welcome news that the UK is now officially out of recession, for many businesses north of the Border it doesn’t...
View ArticleDutch first in the queue for new ScotRail franchise – and sleepers
DUTCH national railways Nederlandse Spoorwegen subsidiary Abellio has become the first potential bidder for the next ScotRail franchise to throw its hat into the ring.The firm said it was also...
View ArticleFatty acid worry for oilseed farms
Although the market price for oilseed rape is at an all-time high, there is a major cloud hanging over the Scottish crop with many of this year’s crop samples having well above acceptable levels of...
View ArticleSamsung takes Note with 3m sales
Sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 smartphone have topped more than three million just over a month after its launch.The South Korean firm said yesterday that sales of the smartphone reached the figure...
View ArticleMalcolm Group seals £50m from three banks to fund its growth plans
LOGISTICS firm Malcolm Group has sealed a £50 million deal with a trio of banks to fund its expansion plans, as it targets growth at its haulage, rail and waste management businesses.Chief executive...
View ArticleComment: Reviews by the score, well it seems like that
WE LIVE in a culture in which there are calls to “review” seemingly every political decision. So the fact that the Bank of England commissioned three separate investigations of its conduct during the...
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